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5-Paragraph Essay Rubric 5-Paragraph Essay Rubric Students will demonstrate their knowledge of paragraph organization by writing a 5-paragraph essay utilizing the writing process of planning, organizing, writing, evaluating and revising. Note: The first 5 criteria of this rubric have been duplicated from the the Steck-Vaughn GED Essay. Rubric Code: T39BWX* By dianap Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: K-5

5-Paragraph Essay
	Effective Reader understands and easily follows the writer’s expression of ideas. 5 pts	Adequate Reader understands writer’s ideas. 4 pts	Marginal Reader occasionally has difficulty understanding or following the writer’s ideas. 3 pts	Below Marginal Reader has difficulty identifying or following the writer’s ideas. 2 pts	Inadequate 1 pts
Response to Prompt	Effective Presents a clearly focused main idea that addresses assigned topic.	Adequate Uses the assigned topic to establish a main idea. Thesis statement may be weak.	Marginal Addresses the assigned topic, though the focus may shift.	Below Marginal Attempts to address assigned topic but with little or no success in establishing a focus.	Inadequate Does not attempt to address assigned topic
Organization	Effective Establishes a clear and logical organization.	Adequate Uses an identifiable organizational plan.	Marginal Shows some evidence of an organizational plan.	Below Marginal Fails to organize ideas.	Inadequate Contains no organization or ideas.
Development & Details	Effective Achieves coherent development with many specific and relevant details and examples from the movies.	Adequate Has focused but occasionally uneven development; incorporates some specific details and examples from the movies.	Marginal Has some development but lacks specific details from the movies; may be limited to a listing, repetitions, or generalizations.	Below Marginal Demonstrates little development; usually lacks details or examples from the movies, or presents irrelevant information.	Inadequate Demonstrates no development; lacks details or examples from the movies or presents irrelevant information
Conventions of English	Effective Essay shows consistent use of appropriate sentence structure and the conventions of English.	Adequate Essay shows appropriate use of sentence structure and the conventions of English almost all of the time.	Marginal May demonstrate inconsistent use of appropriate sentence structure and the conventions of English.	Below Marginal May exhibit minimal use of appropriate sentence structure and the conventions of English.	Inadequate May exhibit no control of sentence structure and the conventions of English.
Word Choice	Effective Exhibits varied and precise word choice.	Adequate Exhibits appropriate word choice.	Marginal Exhibits a narrow range of word choice, often including inappropriate selections.	Below Marginal Exhibits little variety of word usage, words are redundant.	Inadequate Exhibits weak and/or inappropriate words.
Spelling and Punctuation	Effective No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Adequate One to two grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.	Marginal Three to four grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.	Below Marginal Four to six grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.	Inadequate More than six grammatical, spelling, or punctuational erros
Format	Effective Paper follows all format quidelines. Essay is in paragraph form, 4-5 paragraphs are indented, no subheadings or numbers.	Adequate One of the format elements listed is missing.	Marginal X	Below Marginal Two of the format elements listed are missing.	Inadequate Paper does not follow any format quidelines.
Style	Effective Essay has an interesting introductory statement that clearly states the focus, and an interesting conclusion that restates the main ideas.	Adequate Essay has an introductory statement that states the focus, and a conclusion that restates the main ideas.	Marginal Introductory statement is unclear or does not state the main ideas. Conclusion does not restate the main ideas.	Below Marginal Essay lacks either an introductory statement OR a conclusion.	Inadequate Essay lacks both an introductory statement and a conclusion.

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